A hinge is mounted between a cover and a base of an electronic device and has a supporting bracket, a rotating bracket, a mounting bracket and a pintle. The supporting bracket is connected to the base, and the rotating bracket is connected to the cover. The mounting bracket is attached to the supporting bracket and has a positioning wing and two sleeves. The pintle is attached to the rotating bracket, is mounted through the mounting bracket and has a flat wall. The flat wall of the pintle selectively abuts against the positioning wing of the mounting bracket to hold the cover at a desired position. The abrasion between the sleeves and the pintle balances torque.
Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. A hinge comprising: a supporting bracket; a mounting bracket attached securely to the supporting bracket and having a positioning wing; two sleeves formed across the positioning wing and aligning with each other, with each sleeve having a connecting edge connecting with one side edge of the positioning wing; a free edge; and a slit formed between the free edge of the sleeve and the other side edge of the positioning wing; and a gap formed between the two sleeves; a pintle mounted rotatable through the two sleeves and having a flat wall selectively abutting against the positioning wing; and a rotating bracket mounted securely on the pintle, wherein the two sleeves of the mounting bracket protrude from different side edges of the positioning wing and the slits of the two sleeves misalign with each other.
2. The hinge as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the positioning wing of the mounting bracket has a positioning rib formed longitudinally on an inside wall of the positioning wing and having a flat top surface selectively being flush with the flat wall of the pintle.
3. The hinge as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the positioning rib of the mounting bracket has a groove formed longitudinally in the flat top surface of the positioning rib.
4. The hinge as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the positioning rib of the mounting bracket has multiple grooves formed transversely in the flat top surface of the positioning rib.
5. The hinge as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the positioning wing of the mounting bracket has multiple positioning protrusions formed transversely on an inside wall of the positioning wing, and each positioning protrusion has a flat top surface that is selectively flush with the flat wall of the pintle.
6. A hinge comprising: a supporting bracket; a mounting bracket attached securely to the supporting bracket and having a positioning wing; two sleeves formed across the positioning wing and aligning with each other, with each sleeve having a connecting edge connecting with one side edge of the positioning wing; a free edge; and a slit formed between the free edge of the sleeve and the other side edge of the positioning wing; and a gap formed between the two sleeves; a pintle mounted rotatable through the two sleeves and having a flat wall selectively abutting against the positioning wing; and a rotating bracket mounted securely on the pintle, wherein: the supporting bracket has a fastening wing; and the mounting bracket has a connecting wing protruding from one end of the positioning wing and attached to the fastening wing of the supporting bracket.
7. The hinge as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the positioning wing of the mounting bracket has a flat inside wall selectively being flush with the flat wall of the pintle.
8. The hinge as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the sleeves of the mounting bracket protrude from different side edges of the positioning wing and the slits of the sleeves misalign with each other.
9. The hinge as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the sleeves of the mounting bracket protrude from the same side edges of the positioning wing and the slits of the sleeves align with each other.
10. The hinge as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the pintle has a limiting protrusion formed on and protruding transversely from an outside wall of the pintle; and the mounting bracket has a stop formed longitudinally on a first end of the positioning wing and selectively abutting against the limiting protrusion of the pintle.
11. The hinge as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the supporting bracket has a fastening wing; a through hole formed through the fastening wing; and a stop formed on one side of the fastening wing adjacent to the through hole; and the pintle is mounted through the through hole of the supporting bracket and has a limiting protrusion formed on and protruding transversely from an outside wall of the pintle and selectively abutting against the stop of the supporting bracket.
12. The hinge as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the sleeves of the mounting bracket protrude from the same side edges of the positioning wing and the slits of the sleeves align with each other.
13. The hinge as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the positioning wing of the mounting bracket has a first end and a second end; and the connecting wing of the mounting bracket protrudes perpendicularly from the second end of the positioning wing.
14. The hinge as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the positioning wing of the mounting bracket has a first end and a second end; and the connecting wing of the mounting bracket protrudes perpendicularly from the first end of the positioning wing.
15. The hinge as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the supporting bracket has a fastening wing; a through hole formed through the fastening wing; and a stop formed on one side of the fastening wing adjacent to the through hole; and the pintle is mounted through the through hole of the supporting bracket and has a limiting protrusion formed on and protruding transversely from an outside wall of the pintle and selectively abutting against the stop of the supporting bracket.
16. The hinge as claimed in claim 6 further comprising another mounting bracket, wherein the positioning wing of each mounting bracket has a first end and a second end; each mounting bracket has a connecting wing, wherein the connecting wing of one mounting bracket protrudes from the first end of the positioning wing and the connecting wing of the other mounting bracket protrudes from the second end of the positioning wing; the supporting bracket has a fastening wing attached securely between the connecting wings of the mounting brackets; and a through hole formed through the fastening wing and aligning with the sleeves of the mounting brackets; and the pintle is mounted through the sleeves of the mounting brackets and the through hole of the supporting brackets.
17. A hinge comprising: a supporting bracket; a mounting bracket attached securely to the supporting bracket and having a positioning wing; two sleeves formed across the positioning wing and aligning with each other, with each sleeve having a connecting edge connecting with one side edge of the positioning wing; a free edge; and a slit formed between the free edge of the sleeve and the other side edge of the positioning wing; and a gap formed between the two sleeves; a pintle mounted rotatably through the two sleeves and having a flat wall selectively abutting against the positioning wing; and a rotating bracket mounted securely on the pintle, wherein: the pintle has a limiting protrusion formed on and protruding transversely from an outside wall of the pintle; and the mounting bracket has a stop formed longitudinally on a first end of the positioning wing and selectively abutting against the limiting protrusion of the pintle.
18. The hinge as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the supporting bracket has a fastening wing; a through hole formed through the fastening wing; and a recess formed through the fastening wing and communicating with the through hole; the stop of the mounting bracket is mounted through the recess; and the pintle is mounted through the through hole of the supporting bracket.
19. The hinge as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the supporting bracket has a fastening wing; and the mounting bracket has a connecting wing protruding from one end of the positioning wing and attached to the fastening wing of the supporting bracket.
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December 17, 2009
March 26, 2013
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